SOUTHBOROUGH - Harvard's Primate Research Center has been cited by
the U.S. Department of Agriculture following a complaint filed by an
animal-rights activist group concerning allegations a marmoset's leg was
fractured and a primate was incorrectly dosed.

Stop Animal Exploitation Now (SAEN) on Wednesday released information
about the USDA's recent report on a 2012 incident at the research
facility.

The two non-compliances were reported to the USDA by a SAEN complaint
filed in January, based on records obtained from the National Institutes
of Health's Office of Laboratory Animal Welfare.

The Harvard Medical School was previously fined over $24,000 for
violations of the Animal Welfare Act, and last April announced the local
research center would be largely shut down by 2015 due to changes in
long-term strategic plans.